sex appeal
Example Sentences
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Dolly Parton, a national treasure whose country music career married grit and wit, faith and sex appeal, virtuosity and plastic surgery, has died.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
I ask Witherspoon how rare it is to see a female character like Maggie, who is not about her sex appeal but rather about her particular skill.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2025
The casting director needs to find someone who can convincingly look blind while also having the characteristics — acting skill, sex appeal, charisma — required to carry a mainstream network TV show.
From New York Times ● Jul. 1, 2021
Diminutive and wiry, with mournful, beetle-browed eyes and a raspy tenor voice, Mr. Aznavour lacked the rakish sex appeal and ebullience of chanteurs such as Maurice Chevalier and Yves Montand.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 1, 2018
But neither of you need expect anything,' she says, 'for the wrongs of my sisters have armoured me against the grossness of mere sex appeal.'
From Somewhere in Red Gap by Harry Leon Wilson
